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HTML
<script src="http://alasql.org/console/alasql.min.js"></script>
<span id="res"></span>
JavaScript
var data = [ { name : "bob" , dinner : "pizza" }, { name : "john" , dinner : "sushi" }, { name : "larry", dinner : "hummus" } ];
var res = alasql('SELECT * FROM ? WHERE dinner="sushi"',[data]);
document.getElementById("res").textContent = JSON.stringify(res);